In the history of exploration, Sebastian Cabot is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Sebastian Cabot as Venetian explorer and mapmaker in the service of Spain and England.
Sebastian Cabot was born at Venice in 1484. His recorded nationality is Republic of Venice.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer, cartographer and seafarer.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Sebastian Cabot died in 1557, aged 73. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, cartographer and seafarer
